Poverty eradication should remain in focus- President Jonathan

STATEMENT By DR GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR President Federal Republic of Nigeria
ON THE POST 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AT THE
22ND ORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE AFRICAN UNION (AU)
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
FRIDAY, 31ST JANUARY 2014

Mr. Chairman
Your Excellencies

        I want to thank President Johnson-Sirleaf for her eloquent presentation on the work of the High level Committee on the Post 2015 Development Agenda.  Her presentation highlighted what should drive our position in the emerging structure that will propel the Post 2015 Development Agenda, as we approach the 2015 threshold that terminates the life of the current MDGs.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF AU MECHANISMS FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION

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PRESIDENT JONATHAN CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF AU MECHANISMS FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Addis Ababa called for urgent action to strengthen existing African Union mechanisms for the promotion of peace, security and political stability in Africa.
Delivering Nigeria's Statement on Peace and Security in Africa at the 22nd Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government which opened in the Ethiopian capital today, President Jonathan said that while the recent crises in South Sudan and the Central African Republic have reinforced the urgency of establishing the proposed African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC), instruments within the current African Peace and security Architecture must, in the interim, be activated to prevent the degeneration of conflicts into warfare.

NIGERIA READY TO SHARE ITS SUCCESSES IN BOOSTING FOOD PRODUCTION WITH OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES – PRESIDENT JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan declared Thursday in Addis Ababa that a total of about $11 Billion U.S. Dollars has been invested in Nigeria's agricultural sector by private investors and development partners since the Federal Government launched the country's Agricultural Transformation Agenda in 2011.

Speaking at a session of the ongoing 22nd Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government dedicated to the consideration of measures to boost agricultural production and food security in Africa, President Jonathan urged other African countries to emulate Nigeria's decision to treat agriculture as a viable business and not "a development programme", which, he said, was yielding positive benefits for the country.
"Over 65% of the arable land left to feed 9 billion people in the world is in Africa. We must not depend on others to feed our continent. We must feed ourselves, and do so with pride because Africa cannot be truly free, until it can feed itself.

PHOTOS: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN LEAVES FOR ADDIS ABABA

President Goodluck Jonathan  left been welcome by the foreign  affairs Minister of State Prof. Viola Onwuliri  on the President Arrival at the Ethiopia International  Airport Addis Ababa to attend  the 22nd Ordinary session of the Assembly  of African Union in Addis Ababa  Ethiopia on Wednesday  29th Jan., 2014

From left President Goodluck Jonathan , being welcome by the Agric Minister Dr. Akinwumi Adeshina, Water Resources Minister Mrs Serah Ochekpe  and Minister of Health Dr. Onyebuchi Chukwu   on the President's Arrival at the Ethiopia International  Airport Addis Ababa to attend  the 22nd Ordinary session of the Assembly  of African Union in Addis Ababa  Ethiopia on Wednesday  29th Jan., 2014

From Right Vice President Arc. Namadi Sambo, Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson, FCT Minister of State Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide and Police Affairs Minister  Navy Capt  Caleb Olubolade   at Abuja International Airport to see off President Goodluck Jonathan  on his way to attend  the 22nd Ordinary session of the assembly  of African Union in Addis Ababa  Ethiopia on Wednesday  29th Jan., 2014

From Right Vice President Arc. Namadi Sambo Bayelsa, State Governor Seriake Dickson, FCT Minister of State Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide and Police Affairs Minister  Navy Capt  Caleb Olubolade   at Abuja International Airport to see off President Goodluck Jonathan  on his way to attend  the 22^nd Ordinary session of the assembly  of African Union in Addis Ababa  Ethiopia on Wednesday  29^th Jan., 2014

PHOTOS: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN IN ADDIS ABABA

President Goodluck Jonathan left Rwanda President Paul Kagame, and Saharawi President  Mahamed Abdolaziz right at the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of Government in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Thursday 30th Jan. 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan left Rwanda President Paul Kagame, and Saharawi President  Mahamed Abdolaziz left right at the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of Government in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Thursday 30th Jan. 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Foreign Affairs Minister of State  Prof. Viola Nwuliri at the Opening Ceremony of the 22ndOrdinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of Government in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Thursday 30th Jan 2014

Former Heads of State Gen Abdusalami Abubakar, Former President Chief Olusegun  Obasanjo and Former South African President Thambo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of Government in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Thursday 30th Jan 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Foreign Affairs Minister of State  Prof. Viola Nwuliri at the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of Government in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Thursday 30th Jan. 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Agric Minister Dr. Akinwumi Adesina at the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of Government in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Thursday 30th Jan. 2014

Former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar  and former South African President Thambo Mbeki on arrival to the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of Government in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Thursday 30th Jan 2014

Courtesy: State House Abuja

PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO ATTEND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF AU LEADERS IN ADDIS ABABA

President Goodluck Jonathan will begin a two-day official visit to Addis Ababa tomorrow to participate in an Extraordinary Session of the African Union's Assembly of Heads of State and Government.

The Extraordinary Session has two main items on its agenda – consideration of a Progress Report on the Implementation of the Assembly's Decision of May 2013 on International Jurisdiction, Justice and the International Criminal Court and,  Election (by the Executive Council) and Appointment (by the Assembly) of a new Commissioner for Peace and Security. President Jonathan will be accompanied to Addis Ababa by Senator Emmanuel Paulker, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke and the Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed.

He will return to Abuja at the conclusion of the summit on Saturday.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 10, 2013
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